# փուշ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian փուշ (pʻuš). For the sense "hangnail" compare Northern Kurdish pîj.

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /pʰuʃ/, [pʰuʃ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /puʃ/, [pʰuʃ]

### Noun

փուշ • (pʻuš)
* thorn; prickle
* fishbone
* bur; thornbush
* (dialectal) hangnail
* name for one of the khazes in Hampartsoum Limondjian's notation

#### Derived terms

* փշալար (pʻšalar)
* փշատերեւ (pʻšaterew)
* փշարմավ (pʻšarmav)
* փո (pʻo)

### Further reading

* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “փուշ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Related to Northern Kurdish pûş (“hay, dry grass; dry leaves; unmowed grass that grows in a meadow”), Central Kurdish پووش (pûş, “withered grass, hay”), Talysh пүш (püš, “straw; hull, husk; sweepings”), Kermanic pūš (“powder of medicinal plants for a circumcision wound”), Persian پوش (puš), mostly پوشال (pušâl, “chaff, excelsior, packing, padding, sawdust, splint, splinter, straw”).
The ultimate origin is uncertain.

### Noun

փուշ • (pʻuš)
* thorn, spine, prickle, quill
** 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).17.1–2:Է զեռուն ինչ որ կոչի ոզնի՝ գնդաձեւ կերպարանաւք, եւ ողն նորա վառեալ է ամենայն փշովք։ Եւ փուշն նմանէ ծովային ոզնոցն։Ē zeṙun inčʻ or kočʻi ozni, gndajew kerparanawkʻ, ew ołn nora vaṙeal ē amenayn pʻšovkʻ. Ew pʻušn nmanē covayin oznocʻn.Translation by Gohar MuradyanThere is a creeping animal called hedgehog, with a spherical shape, and its back is thoroughly armed with quills. And its quills look like those of the sea-urchin.
* thistle
* (music) a kind of khaz
* a kind of wound

#### Derived terms

* ըղտափուշ (əłtapʻuš)
* թանձրափուշ (tʻanjrapʻuš)
* ժանտափուշ (žantapʻuš)
* կառափուշ (kaṙapʻuš)
* ուղտափուշ (ułtapʻuš)
* չարափուշ (čʻarapʻuš)
* սրափուշ (srapʻuš)
* տափափուշ (tapʻapʻuš)
* փշաբեր (pʻšaber)
* փշաբերութիւն (pʻšaberutʻiwn)
* փշաբոյս (pʻšaboys)
* փշաբորբոք (pʻšaborbokʻ)
* փշագետին (pʻšagetin)
* փշադաժան (pʻšadažan)
* փշազգած (pʻšazgac)
* փշազգեստ (pʻšazgest)
* փշալի (pʻšali)
* փշալից (pʻšalicʻ)
* փշախիլ (pʻšaxil)
* փշածին (pʻšacin)
* փշակերպ (pʻšakerp)
* փշամոլ (pʻšamol)
* փշայեղց (pʻšayełcʻ)
* փշային (pʻšayin)
* փշանամ (pʻšanam)
* փշանիւթ (pʻšaniwtʻ)
* փշանման (pʻšanman)
* փշասգեստ (pʻšasgest)
* փշատեսակ (pʻšatesak)
* փշաքաղ (pʻšakʻał)
* փշեայ (pʻšeay)
* փշեղէն (pʻšełēn)
* փշիկ (pʻšik)
* փշուտ (pʻšut)
* քստմնափուշ (kʻstmnapʻuš)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: փուշ (pʻuš)

### References

* ↑ Asatrian, Garnik, Borjian, Habib (2005) “Talish and the Talishis (The State of Research)”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 9, number 1, page 53 of 43–72
* ↑ Asatrian, Garnik (2009) “Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 13, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 42
* ↑ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 335
* ↑ Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 82–83
* ↑ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 114–115, 151

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 524–525, unknown origin
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “փուշ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 768b, unknown origin
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 26, tentatively accepting Petersson's etymology
* Petersson, Herbert (1926) “Armenische Etymologien”, in Indogermanische Forschungen‎ (in German), volume 43, number 1, page 74 of 69–79, deriving from Proto-Indo-European *(s)puḱwo-, from *pewḱ- (“pine”), whence Ancient Greek πεύκη (peúkē), Lithuanian pušìs (“pine”)
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փուշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy